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Word: battering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Scott had only given up one hit in the first four innings, but in the fifth he walked B.U.'s Pat Petrone with one out. Jim Wood, the next batter, looped a single into right field, but was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double. Petrone moved to third on the play, but the threat was seemingly erased as Terrier pitcher Gene McCarthy came to bat next. McCarthy, however, lashed out a single into right field which produced the only run of the game...

Author: By Andrew Beyer, | Title: Sagging Crimson. Nine Loses to Terriers, 1-0 | 4/15/1965 | See Source »

...Crimson's starting catcher will be senior , Whose main asset is one way he handles pitchers. "He was one of the big reasons our staff was so effective last spring," Shepard said. At the plate, Miller is no terror; he batter .238 last season. But he is a good clutch batter, and knocked in 18 runs with 20 last season...

Author: By Andrew Beyer, | Title: Strong Nine Hopes for Pitching Miracle | 4/2/1965 | See Source »

Those last twelve pancakes made all the difference, as Beer and his Radcliffe teammate, Patience Carden '66, out stuffed a team from Brandeis, 150-139, in the half-hour batter battle. Beer's personal achievement--119 pancakes consumed or inserted entirely into his mouth--set a Harvard record, but it was far short of the 248 consumed last year by John Henry, a 6 ft., 5 in, 240-pound, Boston University football tackle...

Author: By Michael D. Barone, | Title: Force Feeders Win Flapjack Fray | 3/3/1965 | See Source »

...responsible for reunions and fund raising. What a perfect object for ridicule! Imagine anyone wanting to go to commencement, or keep in touch with Harvard! You could conduct two crusades with one sword. You could twist the sword in the body of the HCUA and use it to batter this silly Class Marshal tradition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HCUA CRUSADE | 2/3/1965 | See Source »

Harvard is beating Yale 4-1. Two outs, last of the ninth. The Harvard pitcher (and captain) beckons to a lanky redhead on the bench to take over first base so that he can win his letter. Yale's last batter grounds out. The captain asks the sub for the winning ball, but he refuses to hand it over. "I made the putout, didn't I?" snaps Joseph P. Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Driving Will | 12/11/1964 | See Source »

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